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Newport Corporation Tramways Conductor's Cap Badge

In use from 1912 until operation of Newport's trams ceased in 1937. Image courtesy of Ashley Birch... his website "British Tramway Company Uniforms and Insignia" is packed with great illustrations and a wealth of information. See the link below.

Newport Royal Ordnance Factory 11 Badge

Factory number 11 was situated off Corporation Road. See link below for more information and pictures.

County Borough Of Newport Tramway Licence

It is thought that these licences were worn by the tram drivers and conductors back in the days of horse drawn trams. Horse drawn trams began in Newport in 1875. The first service ran for just over a mile from near the Queens Hotel to the centre o...

Newport Corporation Tramways Cap Badges

Badges issued for conductors and drivers of Newport Corporation Tramways from 1904 to 1912, though they continued to be worn by employees after this. Image courtesy of Ashley Birch... his website "British Tramway Company Uniforms and Insignia" is ...

Newport Corporation Tramways Cap Badges

Badges worn by the conductors and drivers of Newport Corporation Tramways from 1904 to 1912. Image courtesy of Ashley Birch... his website "British Tramway Company Uniforms and Insignia" is packed with great illustrations and a wealth of informati...

County Borough Of Newport Tramways button

Button from the uniform of employees of Newport Corporation Tramways, dating to some time between 1904 and 1937. Image courtesy of Ashley Birch... his website "British Tramway Company Uniforms and Insignia" is packed with great illustrations and a...

Newport Transport Badge

From the private collection of Anthony Halse.

ID Disc Worn By Newport Schoolboy 1943

We were sent these photos by Peter Capnos who explained: "When I started school in Malpas, probably around 1943, I was equipped with a disc worn on the wrist with my identity details - probably in case of war casualty or becoming lost. This as you...

Card Game c 1860s

Newport - Iron Foundry. Trade in Iron and Tin. Population 23,000. The population given for Newport matches the 1861 Census figure. It was clearly an industrial town, nicely contrasting with Monmouth and Leighton Buzzard.

Certificate presented to Walter Willis following Newport Dock Disaster

"Certificate of meritorious service awarded to Walter Willis in recognition of conspicuous assistance rendered by him on the night of Friday 2nd July 1909 in connection with the disaster which occurred that evening owing to the collapse of the trench...